Portglenone
village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Portglenone (from Irish: Port Chluain Eoghain [ˈpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠ ˌxlˠuənʲ ˈoːənʲ], meaning 'landing place of Eoghan's meadow') is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8.5 miles (14 km) west of Ballymena. It had a population of 1,174 people in the 2011 Census. Portglenone is beside the smaller village of Glenone (in County Londonderry), from which it is separated by the River Bann.
History
In 1197, a castle was built in the area for Norman invader John de Courcy.
Much of Portglenone village was laid-out in the 17th century. A number of the area's churches, including Portglenone's Church of Ireland parish church, date to the 18th century.
Portglenone House, a former Georgian mansion in the village, was built c. 1808. Now known as Portglenone Abbey, or Our Lady of Bethlehem Cistercian Monastery, the house was purchased by the Cistercian order in the 20th century for use as a monastery. In the 1960s, a new monastery building was built.
“Portglenone” enters the record as village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Portglenone, village and County can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2150770. Authority coordinates are 54.873, -6.474. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011, 1197 and 1808.
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